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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 2014

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 230Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2014-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2014-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2014-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2014-05-05

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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